July-August 2011
In May, my colleagues and I attended the James Beard Foundation’s journalism awards banquet, and I for one had the jitters. Edible Manhattan was…
July/August 2011: Issue No. 18
Fromage Field Day
It’s likely that the Vermont Cheese Festival—the third annual is Sunday, July 24th—could be held in a motel conference room off the interstate, and…
Up Above the Gramercy Park Hotel, an Ambitious Little Garden
When Kevin Denton and Dan Dilworth stumbled onto the rooftop of the Gramercy Park Hotel, it took them about 15 seconds to realize they…
City Hall Initiative Supports The “Market” Economy
Move over Silicon Valley—there’s a new breed of entrepreneur in town. But instead of computer code, these innovators engineer prizewinning popsicles and tricked-out food…
Taking “Local” Literally.
When city chefs boast about their Greenmarket bounty, they almost always mean the summery stash they scored at Union Square and schlepped across town…
May Apples in Late July: A Cautionary Tale
Central Park’s Podophyllum peltatum are dangerously delicious.
The Currant’s Second Coming
Is the Hudson Valley poised to usher in a liqueur revival?
Vichyssoise
When cold soup got hot.
Don’t Call Him a Butcher
In Chelsea Market, a conscientious capitalist carnivore.
A SUMMER HARVEST OF BOOKS
If you like to lounge alongside a vat of gazpacho, rather than next to the pool, we’ve got some great reads for you. Come to think of it, they’ d make great page-turners on the beach, too.
Brain Food
At the New School, the global diet is the subject of serious study.
Fast All Day, Feast All Night
Aziz Osmani, the manager of Kalustyan’s, Murray Hill’s international provisions emporium, is used to placing big orders from local and global suppliers—for, say, their…
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